Frequent use of emergency medical services by the elderly: A case-control study using paramedic records

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 258-264

  Tangherlini, Niels ^a   Pletcher, Mark J ^b   Covec, Mark A ^c   Brown, John F ^b  

^a San Francisco Fire Department   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Division of General Internal Medicine Department of Medicine University of California ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

elderly patient; emergency medical services; homelessness; utilization

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL DISEASE; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; AMBULANCES; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MENTAL DISORDERS; ODDS RATIO; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SAN FRANCISCO; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77957005786     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X0000813X     Document Type: Article

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